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. 2022 Apr 15;22:414. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09507-2

Table 1.

Distribution of sociodemographic and clinical characteristics according to the level of Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory in Korean stomach cancer survivors

Variables Total Non- Clinical FCRI Clinical FCRIa P-value
Number of subjects 363 221(60.9) 142(39.1)
FCRI score
  Total score (range: 0 – 168) 58.3 ± 24.3 45.5 ± 17.2 78.1 ± 20.0  < 0.001
Subscale score
  Triggers (range: 0 – 32) 13.1 ± 7.1 9.8 ± 5.7 18.2 ± 6.0  < 0.001
  Severity (range: 0 – 36) 11.5 ± 7.2 6.7 ± 3.6 18.9 ± 4.6  < 0.001
  Psychological distress (range: 0 – 16) 4.2 ± 4.0 2.4 ± 2.9 7.1 ± 3.8  < 0.001
  Functioning impairments (range: 0 – 24) 4.8 ± 5.4 3.4 ± 4.6 7.0 ± 5.7  < 0.001
  Insight (range: 0 – 12) 1.3 ± 2.1 0.5 ± 1.0 2.7 ± 2.5  < 0.001
  Reassurance (range: 0 – 12) 4.8 ± 3.3 4.4 ± 3.4 5.4 ± 3.1 0.008
  Coping strategies (range: 0 – 36) 18.6 ± 7.6 18.4 ± 8.1 18.9 ± 6.9 0.508
  Age at survey, years 56.9 ± 9.6 58.1 ± 9.3 55.1 ± 9.9 0.252
  Age at cancer diagnosis, years 49.6 ± 9.7 50.7 ± 9.4 47.7 ± 10.1 0.250
Sex 0.067
  Male 193(53.2) 126(65.3) 67(34.7)
  Female 170(46.8) 95(55.9) 75(44.1)
Household income (won/month) 0.344
  ≥ 4,000,000 167 (46.0) 94(56.3) 73(43.7)
  2,000,000–3,999,999 108 (29.8) 72(66.7) 36(33.3)
  < 2,000,000 88 (24.2) 55(62.5) 33(37.5)
Achieved education level 0.429
  0–9 years 65 (17.9) 41(63.1) 24(36.9)
  10–12 years 141 (38.8) 91(64.5) 50(35.5)
  ≥ 13 years 157 (43.3) 89(56.7) 68(43.3)
Marital status 0.488
  Married/with partner 317 (87.3) 190(59.9) 127(40.1)
  Unmarried/without partner 46 (12.7) 31(67.4) 15(32.6)
Religion 0.740
  Yes 247 (68.0) 151(61.1) 96(38.9)
  No 116 (32.0) 70(60.3) 46(39.7)
Carlson Comorbidity Indexb 0.521
  0 315 (86.8) 193(61.1) 123(38.9)
  1 35 (9.6) 19(57.6) 14(42..4)
  ≥ 2 13 (3.6) 9(64.3) 5(35.7)
  Time since cancer diagnosis, years 7.3 ± 3.2 7.4 ± 3.1 7.3 ± 3.3 0.817
Cancer stage 0.386
  I 242 (66.7) 146(60.3) 96(39.7)
  II 67 (18.5) 45(67.2) 22(32.8)
  III 54 (14.9) 30(55.6) 24(44.4)
Treatment modality 0.367
  Only surgery 224 (61.7) 137(61.2) 87(38.8)
  Surgery + Chemotherapy 60 (16.5) 34(56.7) 26(43.3)
  Surgery + Chemotherapy + Radiotherapy 79 (21.8) 50(63.3) 29(36.7)
Cancer diagnosis of family member 0.395
  Spouse 14 (3.9) 7(0.5) 7(0.5)
  1st degree relatives 153 (42.1) 90(58.8) 63(41.2)
  None 189 (52.1) 120(63.5) 69(36.5)

Data were presented as mean value ± standard deviation or number (row percentage)

aThe score of FCRI short form (FCRI severity subscale) was ≥ 13

P values were obtained by t-test or chi-square test

bThe Carlson Comorbidity Index was calculated after excluding age and cancer